IAAF DIAMOND LEAGUE Lausanne (SUI) 6 July 2017 Flash Quotes TIMING, RESULTS SERVICE & DISTANCE MEASUREMENT BY Bastien MOUTHON (SUI) 100m Men B - 5e place Je suis content, mes temps descendent enfin. Je suis dans les 10"50 sur 100m, le rythme de course revient petit à petit. J´etais encore en 21"30 sur 200m le week-end dernier. C´est la course quíl me fallait pour me relancer, je me suis fait plaisir et c´est le plus important. 06/07/2017 18:54 Alex WILSON (SUI) 100m Men B - Winner I'm happy with my time. Pascal pushed me and I was able to win. Now I´m going to focus on the finals later. 06/07/2017 19:03 Ashley SPENCER (USA) 400m Hurdles Women - Winner The first half of the race was really good and then the second half wan´t really good but really happy to have held on to win. This is my second year in Lausanne and finished 5th last year 06/07/2017 20:13 INTERNET Service: www.diamondleague-lausanne.com Page 1of14 printed at 06/07/2017 23:20 IAAF DIAMOND LEAGUE Lausanne (SUI) 6 July 2017 Flash Quotes Eilidh DOYLE (GBR) 400m Hurdles Women - 3rd I am very happy, it was a good race for me. I was calm and focused at the start and gained in confidence as the race progressed. I had a very satisfying performance at the British trials and I am happy to carry that form to the outdoor circuit. I am in a good state of mind heading to London. I want to be happy with what I do there, I don´t want any regrets. Let´s see how it unfolds. 06/07/2017 20:14 Léa SPRUNGER (SUI) 400m Hurdles Women - 2nd place - PB The public helped me a lot to fight all along the race. The national record is very close and is definitely an objective. Most importantly, I want to keep improving to get to London in the best shape possible. I need to be even more relax and fluid over the hurdles and I should get to the record. I started fast actually, which was good. But then, I was a bit too passive in the second bend. That is probably were I lost those 4 hundreds of second. I did then manage to finish in a rythm of 15 strides, which is very positive. The plan for the World Championships remains the 400m hurdle. I finished second in this Diamond League on 400h were the field was of World-level, while I finished only 7th on 400m in my previous Diamond League meeting. This shows 400h is the right choice 06/07/2017 20:19 Charles Cheboi SIMOTWO (KEN) 1500m Men It´s a personal best for me. I am delighted. I could not make it to the World Champs but I will focus on the outdoor season in Europe and hopefully build on it and do better next year. 06/07/2017 20:20 INTERNET Service: www.diamondleague-lausanne.com Page 2of14 printed at 06/07/2017 23:20 IAAF DIAMOND LEAGUE Lausanne (SUI) 6 July 2017 Flash Quotes Aman WOTE (ETH) 1500m Men - Winner The race was really good. After my injury last year I was very motivated to come back strong in 2017 and having a win here is something I am very pleased with. I will be going to the world championships but have not fixed any objectives there as the level will be very high. 06/07/2017 20:23 Jasmin STOWERS (USA) 100m Hurdles Women I have not qualified for London so I need to make up by running my best at all meetings I compete in this season. This is my third time in Lausanne, i love it. Great crowd 06/07/2017 20:32 Ivana SPANOVIC (SRB) Long Jump Women - 1st place This contest today was really important for me as it was my first competition of the season. I wanted to come out of it 1st or 2nd. It is a good start of the season. The field of competitors was great here tonight and that is what I need to perform well and push me further. My level of fitness is not yet to its best but I feel good overall. There are 5 more weeks now to the World Championships in London and I will fully focus on my training. You know, at home, they only expect gold from me at these World Championships. That is the one medal I miss also so clearly that is the objective! 06/07/2017 20:38 INTERNET Service: www.diamondleague-lausanne.com Page 3of14 printed at 06/07/2017 23:20 IAAF DIAMOND LEAGUE Lausanne (SUI) 6 July 2017 Flash Quotes Sara KOLAK (CRO) Javelin Throw Women - 1st It was good fight. I am confident and capable. The performance did not surprise me. I want to go step by step from here. Stay healthy. Build on strenght and make it to the final in London. I am writing my own story in my out-of-the-box way. People in Croatia have high expectations and I want to live up to that. 06/07/2017 20:40 Sharika NELVIS (USA) 100m Hurdles Women - 1st place I am very happy with this victory today. When I crossed the line, I was actually surprised I wasn´t announced as winner, but it is all good now...and here come the flowers actually; that´s great. I did a season best, I am happy with that and the crowd was great to support. As I didn´t make the USA team for the Worlds, I definitely want to go for the Diamond this year. I want to keep on improving my time and show I am amongst the best even if I don´t compete in London. 06/07/2017 20:41 Marie-Josee TA LOU (CIV) 200m Women I did not expect this performance, my start was not great- but I am delighted with my result. I am next going to Rabat and Monaco, I hope to do an Arfican record there. Finally in London - I will just try to do my best whatever that brings. 06/07/2017 20:50 INTERNET Service: www.diamondleague-lausanne.com Page 4of14 printed at 06/07/2017 23:20 IAAF DIAMOND LEAGUE Lausanne (SUI) 6 July 2017 Flash Quotes Mujinga KAMBUNDJI (SUI) 200m Women - 7th and SB I feel ok. Last year my race here didn´t go well so better this year. One thing I really love here is the ambiance. I am quite tired right now so I will have to relax and then focus again for the 4x100 meters. 06/07/2017 20:52 Tom WALSH (NZL) Shot Put Men It was a very strong performance by the group. I am very happy with 21.97. I train a lot with Ryan and he almost always is ahead of me. I need to turn the table at some point of time. Not today, who knows I may do that at the biggest stage. 06/07/2017 20:55 Dafne SCHIPPERS (NED) 200m Women - 1st place I improved my best performance today and that makes me very happy. It was great to have someone like Marie-José to push in the last 100m. It is always nice to win. My objective this summer is to get a medal in London. I am sorry of not speaking more, I feel tired and a bit dizzy right after the race. 06/07/2017 20:55 INTERNET Service: www.diamondleague-lausanne.com Page 5of14 printed at 06/07/2017 23:20 IAAF DIAMOND LEAGUE Lausanne (SUI) 6 July 2017 Flash Quotes Genzebe DIBABA (ETH) 1 Mile Women - 1st place I felt well during the first part of the race. I had good legs up until 1200m but maybe went too fast in the first part. And then it blocked. It is a pity as the conditions were good. I need to train some more to have some freshness in the end of the race. My objectives are clearly the 1500 and 5000 at the world championships. 06/07/2017 20:58 Byron ROBINSON (USA) 400m Hurdles Men I wanted to win and I was close. I think the clearance of the last hurdle costed me the race. I am confident that I will get back where I want to be rather shortly. I am feeling the progress and soon it will start showing results. 06/07/2017 21:00 Sarah ATCHO (SUI) 200m Women - 8th place I am satisfied with the race today. I ran again the limits for the championships. I executed the race as I had planned, i.e. staying relax while competing against wolrd class sprinters. I have the U23 European Championships coming up and there the objective is definitely to enter the final and then aim for a podium, that would be great! 06/07/2017 21:02 INTERNET Service: www.diamondleague-lausanne.com Page 6of14 printed at 06/07/2017 23:20 IAAF DIAMOND LEAGUE Lausanne (SUI) 6 July 2017 Flash Quotes Kariem HUSSEIN (SUI) 400m Hurdles Men - Winner and SB The big difference between last year and this year and that I´m fit this year and I´m still improving with my season´s best this year. This is great and for it to come with a win in Lausanne in front of this seriously incredible crowd is something that I cherrish. You know, I´m a dreamer and even though I´m not the fastest in the world I keep working.